Avarekalu Pulao

Avarekalu (Machekotte), a kind of bean, is one of my all time favourites! I just love it’s flavour and keep making up excuses to use it in all the dishes I make during when it is available in plenty ;) (which is during winter in Bangalore).

Amma had learnt this from one of her friends long back and she would make it during the Avarekalu season. I had a vague idea about the recipe, but just to confirm, I called Amma and got it again. I made it for lunch today and we loved it!

Ingredients:

For the Masala (to be ground to a fine paste):

Onions – 2 nos (medium sized, cubed into 1″ pieces)

Green Chillies – 4 nos (you could even use red chillies if you like the pulao to be brownish red in colour when done)